This hare lives in western Alaska's tundra and changes coat color with the seasons.
Its summer coat is brown mixed with gray. In winter it turns white, but the ear tips stay black. It has short ears and large, fur-covered hind feet for moving over snow.
It is usually solitary and forages at dawn and dusk. It eats green plants in summer and shrub bark, twigs and shoots in winter and spring.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.